Making space, to discover myself.

In 2022 I quit my job.

And without it as my identity, I was able to start "finding myself."

I know, I know. How cliche.

But it is what it is.

Hello World, it's me, Jen.

In February 2022, I quit my job, and I started solo traveling the world on a budget. I had worked for nearly 20! years! Since the age of 14, I had held down a job that consumed my evenings, summers, and weekends throughout school. And after I finished my education, I continued to overwork. Even on the rare weeks in my adult life, when I would work only 40 hours a week, I had sold all of my energy for the price of a salary, and I had none of myself left for myself. The transaction being: all of me, in exchange for my mere survival.

And then at 34, I just quit.

Honestly, had you told me a year before, hell! even a month before! that I would quit my job without another one lined up, I'd have vehemently disagreed with you (I know this for a fact, cause I bet I had the conversation with a dozen different people!). Any amount of financial insecurity during your formative years can lead to a scarcity mindset that becomes nearly impossible to escape.

I had some great therapists who helped me along the way to see that my fears of financial insecurity weren't founded in reality. And that the worst case scenarios (living in my parents' basement in my 30s), though mortifying, weren't actually *life or death,* and therefore, shouldn't have been fears holding me back. This, I know, is a privilege in and of itself. And afterall, I truly was blessed. By this time in my career, I had paid off my six-figure student load debt (after interest), and for a couple of years I had been stashing money into a savings account with the intentions of using it toward a downpayment on a home. I can look back and see that for years prior to this, I was getting ready for such a bold move. I was slowly, respectfully, and tactfully unattaching from many of my responsibilities without reattaching to anything new, to give me the freedom to find what it is I love. Because, since I had been working SO MUCH of my life, I didn't actually know this yet.

It sounds cliche to say I was "finding myself," but truly, I hadn't spent any part of my life, past childhood, really getting to know what made me smile from the inside out.

What to Expect from this Blog

Through this blog, I am excited to share with you some of the conversations I've had to get myself *unstuck,* the experiences I've had that were worth every single penny, the experiences that cost nearly nothing but taught me so much about myself, the uncertainty I've faced without an income, the pressures I put on myself at really odd financial benchmarks along the way, and how my serious inability to let go of controlling the situation still to this day stifles my creativity and my ingenuity. I always struggle to trust the process, or trust the Universe, or trust that it'll all be OK. But if there's anything I've learned, it's that I can trust in myself. My skills. My abilities. I can trust in the beautiful people around me -- those who love and support me, and even the kindness of total strangers. And the real take away here is that's exactly the same as trusting the process, the Universe, and that it truly is all going to be OK.

What I Offer

How many people needed to tell me I should be a life coach before I decided to go for it? The signs were clear. It's something I love, something I do naturally, and therefore it's something I started researching, studying, and trying!

My advice to everyone isn't "quit your job and find yourself." I really, truly believe everyone has unique desires and unique value, and that's what I'd like to find with you. How do we get you to feeling alive inside! Whatever the path is for you, I know one thing for sure: it's unique to you.

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